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Monday, 20 July 2015

Arsenal keen on signing Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema

Karim
Benzema remains the striker Arsene Wenger would most like to sign for
Arsenal but the club has no expectation of being able to bring him to
The Emirates this summer as Real Madrid will not offer any encouragement
for a bid.

Wenger tried to sign Benzema in 2013, when the
striker was their primary target before they were offered Mesut Ozil but
failed then.

And it is understood that
Benzema, 27, is one of President Florentino Perez’s favourite players
and therefore extremely unlikely to be sold.

Real Madrid manager
Rafa Benitez would only countenance his sale if an equivalent standard
striker, such as Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero, could be signed and
that isn’t on Real’s agenda at present.

Arsenal have not ruled
out the possibility of bringing in a striker to supplement their squad
in the five weeks of the transfer window but given that Benzema is not
available their assessment is that there are very few strikers of that
quality around.